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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does Claire tell the boat worker that the members of her community are required to learn at the age of five?
(a) To draw.
(b) To ride a bicycle.
(c) To rollerskate.
(d) To swim.

2. When Claire picks up the biology posters from the school, she meets a former teacher of hers. What subject does this woman teach?
(a) Home Economics.
(b) Language.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

3. What task does Marie perform on the boat?
(a) Captain.
(b) Deckhand.
(c) Maid.
(d) Cook.

4. What keeps Claire from asking the boat worker the questions she would like to ask him about Elsewhere?
(a) She thinks that asking such questions is probably against the rules of the community.
(b) She thinks that asking such questions will make him think she is flirting with him.
(c) She thinks that asking such is probably against the rules of the boat workers' union.
(d) She thinks that asking such questions is rude.

5. What reason does Sophia give Claire for the Nurturing Center staff not wearing nametags?
(a) She says the children would grab at them.
(b) She says the pins used to affix the nametags could hurt the children.
(c) She says the children are not allowed to know the workers' names.
(d) She says the children are too young to read.

6. What is the process of birthing called in the community?
(a) The Blessed Event.
(b) The Happening.
(c) The Duty.
(d) The Task.

7. What adjective does the receptionist at the Nurturing Center use to describe Sophia?
(a) Well-behaved.
(b) Strident.
(c) Confident.
(d) Diligent.

8. Dimitri tells the Fish Hatchery workers that a healthy diet does not include what?
(a) Mammal.
(b) Grains.
(c) Marsupial.
(d) Chemicals.

9. A community citizen is given his or her own dwelling only after what event occurs?
(a) Assignment of a gender.
(b) Assignment of a spouse.
(c) Assignment of a Newchild.
(d) Assignment of a job.

10. What is the name of the male Nurturer's son?
(a) Stan.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Paul.
(d) Jonas.

11. What type of body of water borders the community in which Claire grows up?
(a) A lake.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A bay.
(d) A river.

12. Sophia tells Claire that the best time for her to come back to see her at the Nurturing Center is during what time?
(a) Play time.
(b) Feeding time.
(c) Indoctrination time.
(d) Nap time.

13. One of the workers at the Fish Hatchery says that the only reason Dimitri wants a spouse is so that he can have what?
(a) A companion.
(b) A dwelling.
(c) A friend.
(d) A maid.

14. How many Newchildren are allowed to be born each year within the community?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 75.
(d) 15.

15. At what meal does Claire first realize that every other worker is taking a pill besides her?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Evening Snack.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Claire is at lunch and is surprised at her table mate's comment that going into labor causes pain, what word does she tell her table mate had been used within her instruction instead?

2. Though Claire had never volunteered at the Nurturing Center, where had she spent most of her required volunteer time as a child?

3. For what reason does Claire decide not to try to take her son out of the Nurturing Center during her second visit?

4. How does the male Nurturer find out the name of Claire's son?

5. Why do the children in the schoolyard gaze curiously at Claire when she is on her way to the Fish Hatchery?

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